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Global Covid cases top 224 million

Shawdesh Desk: The pandemic continues to devastate many countries across the world and the global Covid-19 caseload has now topped 224 million. The total caseload and fatalities from the virus

UN chief calls for action on Covid-19, climate

Shawdesh desk: The United Nations chief warned Friday that the world is “moving in the wrong direction” and exhorted nations to take urgent action to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and

Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison

Shawdesh Desk: Israeli police on Saturday said they have arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week — including a famed militant leader

Fifth deceased found at the site of explosion in Russia’s Noginsk

Shawdesh Desk: The death toll from a household gas explosion in a residential building in Noginsk near Moscow has grown to five people, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of

Six Palestinians escape Israeli jail, including top ex-militant

Shawdesh desk: Six Palestinians broke out of an Israeli prison Monday through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group that includes a prominent ex-militant.

Covid: Australia to get Pfizer doses from UK in vaccine swap

Shawdesh Desk: Australia says it has secured an extra four million doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the UK in a swap deal. Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the

Global Covid cases near 220 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases is fast nearing 220 million. According to US-based Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 219,739,748 and the

Taliban prepare for government as fighting rages in Panjshir

Shawdesh Desk: The Taliban are due to form a government within days despite fighting in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley where forces battling the hardline Islamists say they are enduring “heavy” assaults.